On Tuesday the Kern County Board of Supervisors will give the Kern County Fire Department a $14 million dollar payday loan. Fire Chief Brian Marshall said he has more than $15 million in reimbursement money that hasn’t been paid by state and federal fire agencies to Kern County for staff and equipment used last year to fight fires and natural disasters.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bakersfield.com

A life-sized statue was unveiled Saturday honoring 19 members of a firefighting team known as the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died in a 2013 Arizona wildfire. The statue was dedicated at a state memorial park established where all but one member of the team died in a canyon in mountains near Yarnell on June 30, 2013.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV

A Sunday afternoon fire at a Lakewood apartment complex displaced four families, according to West Pierce Fire & Rescue. The fire happened early in the afternoon at the Arbor Pointe Apartments, 11432 105th Ave. SW, West Pierce Fire Battalion Chief Scott Adams said. The fire is believed to have started outside one of the units and made its way into the apartment, Adams said.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO 7

Vancouver Fire Department knocked down a fire that displaced 16 families at the Trade Wind Apartments Saturday night. Fire crews were called out about 9 p.m. on reports that two apartments in the eight-unit apartment complex were on fire. Two more units received smoke damage. The fire department said the fire started on the first floor and extended to an apartment on the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2018 2:52:37 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000